 | 1905 - 1004 pages
...lovely lines than those familiar ones which speak of Daffodils That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty; violets dim But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes, And Cytherea's breath. It would seem that the mere handling, as It were, of such images,... | |
 | Seasons - 1844 - 276 pages
...represents Perdita as desirous to present to her guests Daffodils That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets, dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes, Or Cythereas breath ; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Authors - 1844 - 334 pages
...association does he here throw around early flowers : Daffodils That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty: violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Jimo's eyes, Or Cytherea's breath. See, again, the naturalist and the poet, in the following lines... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - English literature - 1844 - 624 pages
...respect in those days as " chariot" is now.) Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and tahe The winds of March with beauty; violets, dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juniis eyes, Or Cytherea's breath.— Bold oxlips, and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1845 - 512 pages
...that, frighted, you let fall From Dis's wagon ! daffodils, That co.iie before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes, Or Cytherca's breath; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1886 - 1468 pages
...frighted, thon lett'st fall From Dis's waggon! dafforlili«, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes, Or Oytherea's breath; pule primroses, That die unmarried ere they can behold Bright... | |
 | 1848 - 650 pages
...her " fairest friend " that she cannot give him. The daffodils That come before the swallow dares and take The winds of March with beauty — violets, dim,...Juno's eyes, Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses, ^— ^— bold oxlips and The crown imperial : lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one. Are... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 760 pages
...of day ; and yours, and yours, That wear upon your virgin branches yet Your maidenheads growing: — ient grudge I bear him. He hates our sacred nation...merchants most do congregate. On me, my bargains, and take The winds of March with beauly ; violets dim, Hut sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes, Or... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...day" of her fairest virgin friends : "O, Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou lett'st fall From Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come before...take The winds of March with beauty ; violets, dim, * Patterson on the Insects mentioned by Shakspere. But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes, Or Cytherea's... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Sicily (Italy) - 1848 - 264 pages
...of respect in those days as " chariot" is now.) Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim,...than the lids of Juno's eyes, Or Cytherea's breath ; bold oxlips, and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one ! O ! these... | |
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O Proserpina ! For the flowers now that frighted thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath... 
